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title: Then he went on still further, and all was so still that he could he… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics
description: Then he went on still further, and all was so still that he could hear every breath he drew; till at last he came to the old tower and opened the door of the little room in which Briar Rose was, and there she lay fast asleep, and looked so beautiful that he could not take his eyes off, and he stoope
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# Grimm's Fairy Stories, Briar Rose, sentence 30

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Then he went on still further, and all was so still that he could hear every breath he drew; till at last he came to the old tower and opened the door of the little room in which Briar Rose was, and there she lay fast asleep, and looked so beautiful that he could not take his eyes off, and he stooped down and gave her a kiss.

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**Who acts:** man, all, Briar · **What happens:** go on, be, draw, come, open, lie · **To what, where:** breath, last, door, eyes, kiss, Briar

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This is a sentence of «Grimm's Fairy Stories» by Jacob Grimm, Briar Rose. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (man, all, Briar), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg11027:18:30
# text = Then he went on still further, and all was so still that he could hear every breath he drew; till at last he came to the old tower and opened the door of the little room in which Briar Rose was, and there she lay fast asleep, and looked so beautiful that he could not take his eyes off, and he stooped down and gave her a kiss.
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	still	still	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	further	further	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	16	nsubj	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	still	still	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
13	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
14	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
15	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
16	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
17	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	18	det	_	_
18	breath	breath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
19	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
20	drew	draw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
22	till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	26	mark	_	_
23	at	at	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	obl	_	_
25	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	nsubj	_	_
26	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
27	to	to	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
29	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	30	amod	_	_
30	tower	tower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obl	_	_
31	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
32	opened	open	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	26	conj	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obj	_	_
35	of	of	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
37	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	38	amod	_	_
38	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	nmod	_	_
39	in	in	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
40	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	43	obl	_	_
41	Briar	Briar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	43	nsubj	_	_
42	Rose	Rose	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	41	flat	_	_
43	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	38	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
45	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	48	cc	_	_
46	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	48	advmod	_	_
47	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	48	nsubj	_	_
48	lay	lie	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
49	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	48	advmod	_	_
50	asleep	asleep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	48	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	53	punct	_	_
52	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	53	cc	_	_
53	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
54	so	so	ADV	RB	_	55	advmod	_	_
55	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	53	xcomp	_	_
56	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	60	mark	_	_
57	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	60	nsubj	_	_
58	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	60	aux	_	_
59	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	60	advmod	_	_
60	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	55	advcl	_	_
61	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	62	nmod:poss	_	_
62	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	60	obj	_	_
63	off	off	ADV	RB	_	60	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	67	punct	_	_
65	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	67	cc	_	_
66	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	67	nsubj	_	_
67	stooped	stoop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
68	down	down	ADP	RP	_	67	compound:prt	_	_
69	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	70	cc	_	_
70	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	67	conj	_	_
71	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	70	iobj	_	_
72	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	73	det	_	_
73	kiss	kiss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	70	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
74	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go on** | past | man |  |  |  | then | further *property* | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | could · past | all |  |  |  | still | hear *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **draw** | past | man | every breath *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent breath=Theme |
| 4 | **come** | past | man |  |  | last |  | to the old tower | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to tower=Initial\_Location |
| 5 | **open** | past | man *not said here* | the door of the little room |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme |
| 6 | **lie** | past | Briar |  |  | there |  | asleep, fast *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **look** | past | man *not said here* |  |  |  |  | beautiful *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 8 | **not** **take off** | could | man | man's eyes |  |  |  | off *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Theme |
| 9 | **stoop down** | past | man |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 10 | **give** | past | man *not said here* | a kiss | Briar |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient kiss=Theme |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

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**Text:** «Grimm's Fairy Stories» by Jacob Grimm, Project Gutenberg book 11027 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order.

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